Work & commute · Long Branch

Work & commute in Long Branch, NJ

Most working residents leave Long Branch for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are New York (7%), Eatontown (4%) and Ocean (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

1,665 of 11,326 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 9,661 Long Branch residents head out of town to work, 1,665 work right here, and 7,551 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Long Branch.

9,661live here, work elsewhere

1,665live and work here

7,551work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Long Branch goes to work

Long Branch (in town)right here

15%1,665

New York, NY25.5 mi away

7%847

Eatontown3.4 mi away

4%455

Ocean3.6 mi away

4%398

West Long Branch1.7 mi away

3%313

Tinton Falls5.9 mi away

2%272

Middletown8.7 mi away

2%260

Wall10.7 mi away

2%246

Red Bank5.5 mi away

2%235

Neptune6.6 mi away

2%191

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%6,444

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Long Branch commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

41%

19%

32%

41%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Long Branch is balanced between jobs and homes

0.81jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.81 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Long Branch are

9,216 jobs are based in Long Branch. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Long Branch’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Long Branch

9,216 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Long Branch residents hold

11,326 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+15%

Jobs based in Long Branch, 2013 → 2023: 8,043 → 9,216. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.